Just a reminder to keen gardeners in West Hobart that the next produce exchange will be held tomorrow Saturday 19 January between 4-5 pm, at 10 Frederick Street. This week's host is Chantal, and she is looking forward to meeting fellow gardeners. I wonder who still has produce to spare, given the recent heatwave!
Members of WHEN's Gardening and Food group will have already heard about this get together through the GAF email list.
18 January 2013
More bees please
A new guide for gardeners, farmers and everyday Australians to
help Australia’s bee population survive has been launched by the Rural
Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC).
Chairman of the Pollination Program R&D Advisory Committee, Gerald Martin, said that as there was increasing public concern for the wellbeing and survival of global honeybee populations the guide was timely.
“... honeybees are coming under increasing pressure from urbanisation, bushfires, changing agricultural practices and changing land management practices,” Mr Martin said. “Pests and diseases are an ever-increasing threat, including the deadly bee pest Varroa mite which has wreaked havoc across the globe. ....”
“The guide lists herbs, shrubs, trees and other plants, broken up into suggestions for domestic gardens, streetscapes, urban open spaces, rural environments and stationary beekeeping, and further categorised by type of climate,” he said. “Growing plants that provide food for honeybees can be accomplished at any scale, from a pot of herbs on a balcony to thousands of hectares of revegetation or pastures. “Many of these plants are also beneficial to a range of other insects, birds and small mammals that live on nectar and pollen.”
Bee Friendly - A planting guide for European honeybees and Australian native pollinators is available at this link: PS News link.
(Thanks to PS News for this item)
Chairman of the Pollination Program R&D Advisory Committee, Gerald Martin, said that as there was increasing public concern for the wellbeing and survival of global honeybee populations the guide was timely.
“... honeybees are coming under increasing pressure from urbanisation, bushfires, changing agricultural practices and changing land management practices,” Mr Martin said. “Pests and diseases are an ever-increasing threat, including the deadly bee pest Varroa mite which has wreaked havoc across the globe. ....”
“The guide lists herbs, shrubs, trees and other plants, broken up into suggestions for domestic gardens, streetscapes, urban open spaces, rural environments and stationary beekeeping, and further categorised by type of climate,” he said. “Growing plants that provide food for honeybees can be accomplished at any scale, from a pot of herbs on a balcony to thousands of hectares of revegetation or pastures. “Many of these plants are also beneficial to a range of other insects, birds and small mammals that live on nectar and pollen.”
Bee Friendly - A planting guide for European honeybees and Australian native pollinators is available at this link: PS News link.
(Thanks to PS News for this item)
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